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California is mercilessly mocked for 'world's most pointless crossing' high-speed rail bridge that cost $11 BILLION
DAILY MAIL ^ | 5 May 2024 | ISABELLE STANLEY

Posted on 05/05/2024 12:43:32 PM PDT by george76

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To: george76

A magnet for vandals, homeless, gangs, and graffiti “artists.”


21 posted on 05/05/2024 1:03:31 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: george76

Its only potential use is as a negative example.


22 posted on 05/05/2024 1:04:45 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: hole_n_one

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8380791,-119.9238681,3a,75y,352.68h,91.2t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sa2e5QkuasmiKevWg-7edfg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Da2e5QkuasmiKevWg-7edfg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D185.03079%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu


23 posted on 05/05/2024 1:04:47 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: RckyRaCoCo
True.

It's not just the construction company that gets paid. It's all the state officials who are hired to administer the project at high six figure salaries.

24 posted on 05/05/2024 1:04:50 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: srmanuel

I guess you are right, unless there are consequences for misdeeds there never will be a solution. A good example is out corrupt government.


25 posted on 05/05/2024 1:05:55 PM PDT by Saintgermain ( )
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To: Steely Tom

Di~Fi!


26 posted on 05/05/2024 1:06:09 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ((“Surrender often means wisely accommodating to what is beyond our control!” — Sylvia Boorstein.))
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To: george76

Only a matter of time before it’s a homeless encampment of shoddy tents and busted shopping carts


27 posted on 05/05/2024 1:06:26 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: hole_n_one

I’ll note there are no train tracks on this slab of concrete...


28 posted on 05/05/2024 1:06:33 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: george76

This is a modern-day version of the potlatch of the northwest indigenous tribes, where property was amassed and destroyed as a demonstration of one’s wealth and power, and in this case it’s the State of California swinging its dick around.


29 posted on 05/05/2024 1:06:37 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: hole_n_one

Reminds me of the freeway overpasses in San Jose that went nowhere in the early 70’s. It took years, but they were finally completed, and now are just a part of urban squalor no one pays attention to.


30 posted on 05/05/2024 1:07:09 PM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: George from New England

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.8366388,-119.9212479,3a,75y,316.31h,88.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJaXuTCmaN_FXsIw4Iv404Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&entry=ttu

These are links to street view(s) of the fiasco.


31 posted on 05/05/2024 1:07:58 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: george76

Criminal waste of money.


32 posted on 05/05/2024 1:08:03 PM PDT by MAGA2017
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To: george76

It’s my understanding that the voters of California voted against this massive boondoggle but they got it anyway.


33 posted on 05/05/2024 1:08:04 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: jimtorr
I wonder where the $11 billion has really gone?

Don't know. Mongo only pawn in Game of Life.

34 posted on 05/05/2024 1:08:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Auntie Dem
Reminds me of the freeway overpasses in San Jose that went nowhere in the early 70’s

And Dionne Warwick still doesn't know the way.

35 posted on 05/05/2024 1:09:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Leaning Right

75 years ago they would have just filled it all in with a few underpasses for roads and tubes for water ways.


36 posted on 05/05/2024 1:10:04 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: Leaning Right

Yeah, it’s about 600 ft longer than our aircraft carriers.


37 posted on 05/05/2024 1:10:37 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: George from New England

Wow, the sign says 5000 workers. Must be union.


38 posted on 05/05/2024 1:14:19 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: george76

America is in a very strange time in its history where public thievery is out in the open.

Its covered with the most flimsy of excuses like “environmental protection” or “racial justice.” Few people care, and and indeed, large parts of the population even support the thievery, even though failure is guaranteed, and the amounts of money are increasingly mind-boggling


39 posted on 05/05/2024 1:15:14 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: rottndog
Politically connected consulting and engineering firms.

More like politically connected money launderers.

40 posted on 05/05/2024 1:16:31 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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